counsel of despair

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A proposal or piece of advice that indicates one has given up on trying to fix a given obstacle or problem.
    — Without holding any particular brief for a diet of Shelley, I would think it only a counsel of despair to say that the majority, or any sizable minority, of average intelligence can't be reached with the values of education, with some of the accumulated knowledge and wisdom of the race, but must be shoved into "attractive" courses devoid of any real educational meat so they will be kept off the labor market or the streets.
  2. An action or decision that reflects the attitude behind such advice.
    — Again, Agnosticism is “right” if it be a "counsel of honesty” ; wrong if it be a “counsel of despair.”

词形变化

counsels of despair plural
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